Abstract
Radiology benefits managers (RBMs) and computerized decision support offer different advantages and disadvantages in the efforts to provide appropriate use of radiology resources. RBMs are effective in their hard-stop ability to reject inappropriate studies, incur a significant cost, and interpose an intermediary between patient and physician. Decision support is a more friendly educational product, but has not been implemented for all clinical indications and its efficacy is still being studied.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 497-509 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Neuroimaging Clinics of North America |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1 2012 |
Keywords
- Health care costs
- Order entry decision support
- Overutilization
- Radiology benefits manager
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Clinical Neurology